This is a replay of a post on SUCCESS Magazine Blog, Friday, April 6, 2012. It’s time for hot dogs, fresh-cut grass and the sound of the ball on the bat. Opening Day is finally here, baseball fans! And as a Texas Rangers fan, the sting still lingers from last year’s World Series. We were one strike away from winning … twice. Yes, twice. Thankfully, […]
Read moreQ2 2012 is upon us! We are crossing the quarter-mile mark. So where do we stand? Are we barking out direction from the sidelines or are we in the thick of the action, out on the field pacing our athletes, ready with the water bottle, chest bump and high five after a great effort? Remember, we entered this race with the intention of […]
Read moreOn March 12th, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. officially turned 100 years old!! Many of you – in fact, more than 50 million alumnae in the U.S. – have your own fond memories of Girl Scouts. For me, the most exciting part about turning 100 is that today we are as relevant and critical to a girl’s development as we […]
Read moreWho has time to stretch? Stretching is something you do with a few extra minutes, before or after your workout. It’s not the main focus; it’s the heart-pounding, sweat equity that makes the difference, after all. Not so quick! Stretching and flexibility combined with sweat equity improve performance and can reduce risk of injury. The same principle applies to your company; if […]
Read moreSo you’re off and running this year! Are you sticking to the pace, well-trained, conditioned and hydrated, nutrition packed or are you flat out sprinting, haven’t run in a while, thinking you’ll wing it and somehow you’ll cross the corporate finish line and advance into an uncertain future? Why did you start the race to begin with? Just sounded good […]
Read moreThey can bring you up, or they can bring you down. Why is it that we spend the majority of our time focusing on the numbers, dare we say dollars, when we all repeat, “Our people are our greatest asset?” Yet our people don’t get the focus. Our people ~ employees and customers ~ make or break those numbers that […]
Read moreCause of the Great Depression—the revolution in agriculture that threw millions out of work. Hello America! The U.S. must manage a similar shift in the “real” economy, from industry to service, or risk a tragic replay of 80 years ago. Have you stood on a cat walk, decked in hard hat, safety boots and all, watching while below you ~ concrete […]
Read moreThis week, Mom Corps CEO Allison O’Kelly was featured in, “7 Ways to Motivate Employees with Workplace Flexibility,” a post on Cali Yost’s “Flex and the C-Suite” Fast Company blog. Flex and the C-Suite is a column series that, “periodically showcases leaders who have made flexibility at work a key strategy for achieving smarter and better business results. In other words, […]
Read moreGuest blogger: Adrian Wood, VP of business development, PeopleSync, has a 22 year career in sales, business development & professional services across SaaS offerings. Passionate about simple & effective business solutions for the HR industry. http://www.peoplesync.com We were lucky enough to have Cindy from Mom Corps Dallas join us on our webinar recently (The Contingent Workforce) to highlight the […]
Read moreOur Mom Corps Dallas clients tell us, “I can find the people who can do the work, that’s not the problem. It’s finding the people who do their work well consistently, have a glass half-full attitude and a what-can-I-do-to-add-to-the-team approach.” Our goal at Mom Corps Dallas is not to get a body in the seat or a player on the […]
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